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It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.

Miles Davis

I never thought that the music called “jazz” was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked under glass like all the other dead things that were once considered artistic.
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Artistic Music People Reach Thinking
Drummers – sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.
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Away Listening Music Time
Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
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Goodness Music
The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
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Ideas Judgement Man Project
I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.
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Artistic Death Music Pieces
Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
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Instrument Play Yourself
You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.
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Love Music Myself Play Quit
Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
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Feeling Genius One Liner
I don’t pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself…and I’m too vain to play anything I think is bad.
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Attention Bad Criticism Myself Pay Play Thinking
Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
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Afraid Errors Inspirational Mistake Perspective
For me, music and life are all about style.
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Life Music Style
I’ll play it first and figure out what it’s called later.
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Music Myself Name Play
That was my gift having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go; letting them play what they knew, and above it.
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Ability Chemistry Known Play Togetherness
Bebop didn’t have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn’t even have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic, challenging – but they weren’t sweet.
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Challenge Greatness Humanity Recognition Sweet
You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself.
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Learning Practice Sound Time Yourself
You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.
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Instrument Music Play Right Yourself

It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.

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